B5 Fans, Good News

gregebowman · #1 March 14th, 2007, 08:04 PM

I knew G'kar's human counterpart had left us whenever it happened. I didn't know about the others, though. Still, it would be nice to see something with the words B5 in it somewhere. Can't wait to see it. Now, if I can only afford to get the series on dvd.

GuyOfDoom · #2 March 14th, 2007, 08:06 PM

I love B5, but I think it came to a good conclusion. Excalibur annoyed me to no end. I'd like to see Strayskisi(sp?) do something else.

Atrocities · #3 March 14th, 2007, 08:35 PM

We refer to him as JMS.

And if you have ever heard him speak, you would be surprised by what he has to say. His belief system is very unique and open to controversy. He is, IMHO, a very intelligent, inspired, talented and gifted man. Some people, namely Hollywood types, dislike him. (Rumor has it that even George Lucas has it out for him.

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Atrocities · #4 March 14th, 2007, 08:38 PM

Rumor had it that Ted Turner tanked the show when it was on his network because JMS didn't subscribe to the same political POV that Ted is famous for.

Kinda petty if you ask me but that is the way people have reported Ted to be.

It is well known that if George Lucas dislikes you, you aren't going to find funding for your projects. And that has seemed to have been the problem with all of JMS's projects since the mid 90's.

Then again, I cannot think of a single reason for George Lucas to hate JMS, so I have my doubts about this rumor.

AgentZero · #5 March 14th, 2007, 08:44 PM

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Atrocities said:

Then again, I cannot think of a single reason for George Lucas to hate JMS, so I have my doubts about this rumor.

Because JMS made a sci-fi show that was better than Star Wars? If you believe the rumours, that's one of the reasons Firefly got tanked too.

Atrocities · #6 March 14th, 2007, 08:55 PM

The firefly / Lucas connection is accurate. That is no rumor. George Lucas has publicly denounced Josh Wheaton (Sp). GL also tanked Wing Commander and the original BSG.

AgentZero · #7 March 14th, 2007, 08:57 PM

Oh well. I'm younger than he is, so in all likelihood he'll die before me, which means I can have hope that one day there'll be more good sci-fi on TV.

Baron Munchausen · #8 March 14th, 2007, 09:57 PM

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Atrocities said:
Rumor had it that Ted Turner tanked the show when it was on his network because JMS didn't subscribe to the same political POV that Ted is famous for.

Kinda petty if you ask me but that is the way people have reported Ted to be.

It is well known that if George Lucas dislikes you, you aren't going to find funding for your projects. And that has seemed to have been the problem with all of JMS's projects since the mid 90's.

Then again, I cannot think of a single reason for George Lucas to hate JMS, so I have my doubts about this rumor.

B5 wouldn't have been finished if TNT hadn't picked it up. What you are probably remembering is the end of the sequel series "Crusade". It was killed because someone within TNT wanted to turn it into Star Trek with lots of stupid alien sex and JMS would not allow this.

Lucas has a lot of clout in the movie industry but I don't think his reach extends very much into television (except where television is produced by companies that also produce movies). The main problem with television is the requirement for everything to be suitable for the lowest common denominator and zero attention-span audience. And that's why B5: Crusade was killed. JMS wouldn't let them dumb it down.